Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To advertise by a bill or public notice.

    ankündigen

    advertise especially by posters or placards

  2. (transitive)To charge; to send a bill to.

    verrechnen, berechnen, in Rechnung stellen

  3. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

    schnäbeln

  4. (transitive)To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

  5. (UK, ambitransitive, slang)To roll up a marijuana cigarette.

  6. (obsolete)To peck

Examples

1431 sentences

  1. You shouldn't have paid the bill.

    Тобі не слід було сплачувати цей рахунок. — deniko

    ruТебе не стоило платить по этому счету. — redscorp

    deDu hättest die Rechnung nicht zahlen sollen. — lilygilder

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  2. Could I have the bill, please?

    Можна мені рахунок, будь ласка? — deniko

    ruСчет, пожалуйста. — Hellerick

    deKann ich bitte die Rechnung haben? — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Tom let Mary pay the bill.

    Том дозволив Мері заплатити за рахунком. — deniko

    ruТом позволил Мэри оплатить счет. — odexed

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  4. Who's going to pay the bill?

    Хто заплатить за рахунком? — deniko

    ruКто оплатит счёт? — astru

    deWer wird die Rechnung bezahlen? — Yorwba

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  5. How much is your monthly gas bill?

    Скільки ти платиш за газ щомісяця? — deniko

    ruСколько ты платишь за газ каждый месяц? — odexed

    deWie hoch ist Ihre monatliche Gasrechnung? — Manfredo

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to advertise by a bill:
to charge or enter in a bill:
to stroke bill against bill:

Origin

From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval L

From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.

From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below).

From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”).

Pronunciation spelling of build.

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Forms

bills, billing, billed, billed
Base formbill · to bill
3rd person singularbills
Present participlebilling
Past simplebilled
Past participlebilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybill
he, she, itbills

Past simpleLesson

all personsbilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave billed
he, she, ithas billed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bill

Synonyms

2 synonyms
chargeB1placard
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Derivedbillabilitybillablebulk billmisbilloverbillprebillrebillunderbillbill up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pay the bill
  • pay his bills
  • pay this bill
  • split the bill
  • pay my bills
  • bills on time
  • bills last month
  • dollar bill
  • pay our bills
  • bills this month
  • hundred dollar bill
  • all my bills

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bilingualB1bilingualismbiliousbillboardbillet

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